Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios - Gen. John Cabell Breckinridge

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                                BRECKINRIDGE
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   BRECKINRIDGE, GEN. JOHN CABELL, born near Lexington, Ky., January 21,
   1821. Served in Mexican war as major of volunteers. Frequently elected
   to Congress. Vice-President of United States, 1851-61. Ran for
   President, 1860. Expelled from U.S. Senate, December 4, 1861.
   Appointed Confederate major-general August 5, 1862. Commanded reserves
   at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. In command of Bragg's reserves at
   Murfreesboro, December 31, 1862. Served at Chickamauga and
   Chattanooga, 1863. Defeated Sigel at New Market, Va., May 13, 1864.
   Joined Lee's army and served at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Joined
   Early and shared in his defeat at Winchester, September, 1864.
   Secretary of War in Davis' cabinet till downfall of Confederacy. Went
   to Europe, on return, devoted himself to law in Kentucky. Died in
   Lexington, Ky., May 17, 1875.